BOARD BORES IN: Like Will Rogers, all I know is what I read in the newspapers?#34;"and that's an alibi for my ignorance," he added. But from what I read, new leadership is making a splash at Oak Park Village Hall.

Aside from the fact that debate over fast-tracking the expansion of the Holley Court parking garage certainly wasn't deserving of a full five hours of meeting time, we find both the discussion and outcome of last week's village board meeting on the matter over-dramatized and disappointing.